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. >>> israel takes no chances. the air force launches two air strikes in syria preventing the assad regime from transporting chemicals and weapons of mass destruction to hezbollah. if the red line is crossed israel will attack again. we cover it all. "the kudlow report" begins now. first up we learned today the fourth quarter gdp fell slightly, much to everybody's surprise. so the white house is blaming republicans for the fiscal tax cliff and the spending sequester which i think is hilarious. they invented the sequester. we have had tax, spend and regulate policies for four years. why not try something different. let's talk about it with our powerhouse panel. jared bernstein, center on budget and policy priorities. senior fellow. doug holtz-ekin, peter suderman and james freeman, assistant editor for the wall street journal. james, i'm amoused right off the top. team obama starts attacking republicans first of all for the budget cutting sequester which they invented. second of all, for the fiscal cliff which they
. >>> israel takes no chances. the air force launches two air strikes in syria preventing the assad regime from transporting chemicals and weapons of mass destruction to hezbollah. if the red line is crossed israel will attack again. we cover it all. "the kudlow report" begins now. first up we learned today the fourth quarter gdp fell slightly, much to everybody's surprise. so the white house is blaming republicans for the fiscal tax cliff and the spending sequester which i...
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support for missile defense systems in israel. translation, he's for unilateral military action if necessary against iran. more. "if iran continues to flout its international obligations, it should continue to face severe and growing consequences. while there is time and space for diplomacy, backed by pressure, the window is closing." this is what he says on gay rights in the questionnaire, "i fully support gay and lesbian women serving openly in the u.s. military and am committed to a full implementation of the repeal of don't ask, don't tell." and on the use of force, "i believe we must think very carefully before we commit our armed forces to battlefields abroad. our forces deserve policies and planning worthy of the sacrifices they make in combat." it's likely that every senate democrat due to chuck schumer's support will back hagel. some not enthusiastically, but they'll do so. and right now there's at least run republican who's planning to vote for his former republican colleague. that's 56 votes, enough for a majority passa
support for missile defense systems in israel. translation, he's for unilateral military action if necessary against iran. more. "if iran continues to flout its international obligations, it should continue to face severe and growing consequences. while there is time and space for diplomacy, backed by pressure, the window is closing." this is what he says on gay rights in the questionnaire, "i fully support gay and lesbian women serving openly in the u.s. military and am...
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i should have said pro-israel lobby. i think it's the only time on the record that i've ever said that. now, you all have done a lot of work with my record and, yes, it is appropriate, by the way. >> senator, is that answer acceptable to you? >> well, he didn't say who he was referring to. we may be able to get to that. was he talking about apac? was he talking about the various christian organizations that deeply support israel? we didn't get an answer to that. maybe we will later on. >> are you a no? i know you said that before. >> yes. i'm absolutely a no and there's nothing that's gone on today to counter what we all know. that you could not pick a united states senator from the last decade that has had more anti-israeli comments, that has had more troublesome votes or more troublesome positions or statements against the nation of israel. this vulnerable democracy in the middle east than chuck hagel. it's a stunning choice by a president obama from someone who says he's supportive of the jewish state. >> you have tha
i should have said pro-israel lobby. i think it's the only time on the record that i've ever said that. now, you all have done a lot of work with my record and, yes, it is appropriate, by the way. >> senator, is that answer acceptable to you? >> well, he didn't say who he was referring to. we may be able to get to that. was he talking about apac? was he talking about the various christian organizations that deeply support israel? we didn't get an answer to that. maybe we will later...
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our relationship with israel is a special and historic. but it need not and cannot be at the expense of our arab and muslim relationships. that is an irresponsible and dangerous fault choice some saw president obama's decision to nominate chuck hagel as his message to these really hard liners we actually heard president obama say there is too much war talk going on and maybe nominating chuck hagel is his way of bringing down the tension and not much not everybody here in washington likes that message but what's interesting since the beginning of the attack campaign against chuck hagel over these two months or so many of the attackers have sort of withdrawn their objections over charcoal goes domination some say could be because they received assurances behind closed doors that as defense secretary chuck hagel is not going to make any dress the moves to really challenge washington's foreign policy with the doxies. that was our international correspondent you can many people call las vegas the city of said but if you want the real nexus of s
our relationship with israel is a special and historic. but it need not and cannot be at the expense of our arab and muslim relationships. that is an irresponsible and dangerous fault choice some saw president obama's decision to nominate chuck hagel as his message to these really hard liners we actually heard president obama say there is too much war talk going on and maybe nominating chuck hagel is his way of bringing down the tension and not much not everybody here in washington likes that...
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>> that is what israel has to be sorry about. to mark the confirmation hearings of the senator hegel, on the record as saying sanctions are not working, and israel, if their is a real question. so they are looking in all this and saying to themselves, are we going to have to do this alone? no one wants them to get lewd -- nuclear-weapons, no one wants this more than we do. if we're on our own, if it is only as, we have to do it. lori: the president's quick to point out, very sensitive. >> passive aggressive, which is even worse because look what happened with libya. talk about dictators, but we never managed to secure all the weapons. that is was feeling all the fights. lori: and then you have to talk by egypt. >> and egypt, what is the problem there? there is no real cohesive government. egypt amelie topple the tape -- dictator, but will we got was pretty much chaos. an economic basket case. they cannot feed their own people. if they are of a billion and a half dollars, they don't feed their people. they have to get the from
>> that is what israel has to be sorry about. to mark the confirmation hearings of the senator hegel, on the record as saying sanctions are not working, and israel, if their is a real question. so they are looking in all this and saying to themselves, are we going to have to do this alone? no one wants them to get lewd -- nuclear-weapons, no one wants this more than we do. if we're on our own, if it is only as, we have to do it. lori: the president's quick to point out, very sensitive....
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. >> the muslim world will want to go to the moon the day after jews set up israel there. that's the truth. >> bill: just getting prepared. i have a lot i could do but i'm not going to do it because this is more important. remember the crew rainyian topless woman who yelled at the pope. >> taught you grawmple on your show that wasn't her. different. about a week or two ago. these three women they yelled at the pope and they take their shirt off in the square and cops arrested them and said nothing would happen to them. they show up in switzerland topless again you know what comes to mind? frost bite. this is cold. are those -- that's crime change calling blurring breasts all over the planet. that's what's happening. this is al gore predicted. this blurried breasts is finally happened. thank god sandra fluke spared us. this thank god sandra fluke spared us this. the reason they are there, they think are bad. any other female protesters out there with big money business guys topless might not be the way to go. that might be -- >> have you ever seen swiss cops want to come do
. >> the muslim world will want to go to the moon the day after jews set up israel there. that's the truth. >> bill: just getting prepared. i have a lot i could do but i'm not going to do it because this is more important. remember the crew rainyian topless woman who yelled at the pope. >> taught you grawmple on your show that wasn't her. different. about a week or two ago. these three women they yelled at the pope and they take their shirt off in the square and cops arrested...
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among their concerns, past statements criticizing israel. >> do you think it's right that israel was committing a, quote, sickening slaughter as you said on the floor and senate. >> reporter: and intimidation about the pro israel lobby. >> name one person, in your opinion, who is intimidated by the israel lobby in the united states senate. >> i didn't -- the use of intimidation, i should have used influence. >> reporter: more questions centered on this report he co-authored which supports the elimination of all nuclear weapons, even if the u.s. goes first. he said he doesn't agree with all its findings. >> why would you ever put your name on a report that is inherently inconsistent with what you're telling us today. >> reporter: and wolf, the biggest flash point now has to do with iran. at one point the former senator says he supports the president's policy of containment and later had to correct himself to say he meant the opposite, not containment. and then another premise of u.s. policy, saying he believes iran is a legitimate and elected government. it took a democratic senator t
among their concerns, past statements criticizing israel. >> do you think it's right that israel was committing a, quote, sickening slaughter as you said on the floor and senate. >> reporter: and intimidation about the pro israel lobby. >> name one person, in your opinion, who is intimidated by the israel lobby in the united states senate. >> i didn't -- the use of intimidation, i should have used influence. >> reporter: more questions centered on this report he...
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in 2007, when israel bombed a nuclear reactor in syria, neither israel nor syria said that it happened. and it was widely viewed that syria not admitting that that strike had happened sort of gave them more of a pass than thigh they might otherwise have had in terms of retaliating. the fact that syria is confirming that this happened today, does that mean that there is going to be some sort of next step, either syria is going to do something or hezbollah is going to do something or iran is going to do something? >> well, you know, in the past, the policy has been kind of intentionally ambiguous. that's how many of the regional players like to keep it so they aren't forced into a corner and have to come out and react. in recent days, the iranian government has said that an attack on syria would be considered an attack on iran. now, to what extent that is going to be tested remains to be seen. we know that in the past, hezbollah has also defended syria and has said that it would in any case if it felt that it was being attacked also join the fight there to defend its sovereignty and leba
in 2007, when israel bombed a nuclear reactor in syria, neither israel nor syria said that it happened. and it was widely viewed that syria not admitting that that strike had happened sort of gave them more of a pass than thigh they might otherwise have had in terms of retaliating. the fact that syria is confirming that this happened today, does that mean that there is going to be some sort of next step, either syria is going to do something or hezbollah is going to do something or iran is...
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it's not in israel's best interest. and for people to come down here and argue that it's in israel's best interest to send weapons to a country that professes hate, professes a disbelief in the holocaust, that professes that they are in favor of destroying israel. that's who we're supposed to send these weapons to? it makes no sense at all. and our foreign policy often makes no sense at all. and so i think we do need to reassess. we made this deal with mubarak. we didn't make this deal with morrissey. currently egypt is unraveling. i think it's a terrible mistake to send these weapons to egypt, and i hope my colleagues will consider that. thank you, madam president. i yield back high time and -- i yield back my time and suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: a senator: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. under the previous order, there will be two minutes of debate
it's not in israel's best interest. and for people to come down here and argue that it's in israel's best interest to send weapons to a country that professes hate, professes a disbelief in the holocaust, that professes that they are in favor of destroying israel. that's who we're supposed to send these weapons to? it makes no sense at all. and our foreign policy often makes no sense at all. and so i think we do need to reassess. we made this deal with mubarak. we didn't make this deal with...
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. >> reporter: one of the first questions could be will you support israel? recently hagel promised he would, saying his record has been distorted. but he'll have to explain what he said before his nomination. >> reference to a "jewish lobby" which i don't believe exists. >> reporter: he will be asked what he meant and why he refused to sign an order designating hezbollah as a terrorist organization. >> i cannot support a nominee for defense secretary who thinks we should be tougher on israel and more lenient on iran. >> reporter: which brings up another question, can you be tough on iran? senators are being barraged by advertising, questioning how effective hagel can be. >> hagel says military action is not a viable, feasible, responsible option. >> reporter: it's true, but the quote's from seven years ago. recently hagel got in line with president obama's policy saying military options are on the table. >> he was one of two senators who voted against iranian sanctions saying we should negotiate with iran, not sanction them. >> reporter: hagel did support ne
. >> reporter: one of the first questions could be will you support israel? recently hagel promised he would, saying his record has been distorted. but he'll have to explain what he said before his nomination. >> reference to a "jewish lobby" which i don't believe exists. >> reporter: he will be asked what he meant and why he refused to sign an order designating hezbollah as a terrorist organization. >> i cannot support a nominee for defense secretary who...
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now, obviously syria share as border with israel. it has very serious concerns about the security situation inside syria particularly because syria has a significant stock of chemical weapons. at this stage no one expecting syria to launch a retall ta torre torrey attack but serious concerns that their civil war is spilling across its borders. >> thank you, clarissa ward. >>> time now to show you some of the headlines from around the globe. the new york times says last night's hearing on gun control in newtown, connecticut, was an emotional affair. hundreds of people attended. parents of victims of the sandy hook school shooting testified. many of them in the room called for stricter control. >>> the tennessean says prostate cancer can find worse diseases. the study notes not all prostate cancer requires aggressive treatment. >>> saus today says the fda is cracking down on fake flu products. the products claim to treat, prevent, or shorten the length of the flu. the fda has already won one kpep which claims its nasal spray and bacter
now, obviously syria share as border with israel. it has very serious concerns about the security situation inside syria particularly because syria has a significant stock of chemical weapons. at this stage no one expecting syria to launch a retall ta torre torrey attack but serious concerns that their civil war is spilling across its borders. >> thank you, clarissa ward. >>> time now to show you some of the headlines from around the globe. the new york times says last night's...
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now, obviously syria shares a border with israel. it has very serious concerns about the security situation inside syria, particularly because syria has a significant stock of chemical weapons. at this stage no one is expecting the syrians to launch a retaliatory attack but certainly this raises very real concerns about the possibility that syria's civil war is spilling across its borders. >> thank you clarissa ward. >>> time to show you morning's headlines from around the globe. "the new york times" says it was an emotional affair parents of victims of the sandy hook school shooting were among those testifying, many in the room called for stricter gun control. >>> "the tennesseean" says prostate cancer treatments can feel worse than the disease. research by vanderbilt university found men experienced widespread complications after undergoing surgery or radiation therapy. the study notes not all prostate cancer requires aggressive treatment. >>> "usa today" says the fda is cracking down down on fake flu products. the products claim t
now, obviously syria shares a border with israel. it has very serious concerns about the security situation inside syria, particularly because syria has a significant stock of chemical weapons. at this stage no one is expecting the syrians to launch a retaliatory attack but certainly this raises very real concerns about the possibility that syria's civil war is spilling across its borders. >> thank you clarissa ward. >>> time to show you morning's headlines from around the globe....
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. >> i cannot support a nominee for defense secretary who thinks we should be tougher on israel and more lenient on iran. >> reporter: but tom hagel still has his brother's back. >> we look at each other and say, you know e, what can they do to you? send you back to vietnam? >> despite strong opposition from many republicans, white house officials are now confident barring any unforeseen problems they have the votes to confirm hagel and will soon become the first vietnam vet to run the pentagon. >>> and trending today, what has you talking online. no worries, mon. the government of jamaica is endorsing a volkswagen super bowl ad labelled racially incentive to some. and a white office worker from minnesota so happy about his new car uses a jamaican accent and the jamaican minister says it has tremendous appeal about jamaican hospitality. >>> and the famous baby, unveiled a luxury perfume for babies priced at $45 a bottle. the company says the unisex perfume will cuddle and pamper every little boy and girl. and it has a citrus melon and honey note which will apparently associate the smell
. >> i cannot support a nominee for defense secretary who thinks we should be tougher on israel and more lenient on iran. >> reporter: but tom hagel still has his brother's back. >> we look at each other and say, you know e, what can they do to you? send you back to vietnam? >> despite strong opposition from many republicans, white house officials are now confident barring any unforeseen problems they have the votes to confirm hagel and will soon become the first vietnam...
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. >> i cannot support a nominee for defense secretary who thinks we should be tougher on israel and more lenient on iran. >> tom hagel still has his brother's back. >> we look at each other and say, you know, what can they do to you, send you back to vietnam? >> despite strong opposition from many republicans officials are now confident barring any unforeseen developments they have the votes to confirm hagel and the former nebraska senator will soon become the first vietnam vet to run the pengon. >> michael, thank you very much. for a look at what's trending today, our quick round up of what has you talking online. no worries, man, the government of jamaica is endorsing a volkswagen super bowl ad labeled racially insensitive by critics. it features a white office worker from minnesota so happy about his new car he uses a jamaican accent to display the attitude. the tourism minister says it taps into the tremendous appeal of jamaican hospitality. >>> and fresh as a baby, doe committ dolc unveiled a luxury perfume for babies priced at $45 a bottle. they say it will cuddle and pamper every
. >> i cannot support a nominee for defense secretary who thinks we should be tougher on israel and more lenient on iran. >> tom hagel still has his brother's back. >> we look at each other and say, you know, what can they do to you, send you back to vietnam? >> despite strong opposition from many republicans officials are now confident barring any unforeseen developments they have the votes to confirm hagel and the former nebraska senator will soon become the first...